# OK, what does rickrolled mean and where does it come from?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 30, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-does-rickrolled-mean-and-where-does-it-come-from/443240 "2008-03-30T02:15:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-does-rickrolled-mean-and-where-does-it-come-from/443240/21 "2008-03-30T22:42:44Z")

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[QUOTE=Darth Sensitive]  
[This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU) explains it pretty well.  
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“This video is not available in your country.”

:dubious:

I just looked out the window and I don’t think I’m in China.

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**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-does-rickrolled-mean-and-where-does-it-come-from/443240/22 "2008-03-30T22:51:43Z")

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It’s not available in mine either. No clue why not.

It was when I linked it.

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**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-does-rickrolled-mean-and-where-does-it-come-from/443240/23 "2008-03-31T00:02:33Z")

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[QUOTE=blondebear]  
What message board did that come from? I don’t recall ever following a dopelink to a duck on wheels. I feel so left out!  
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The SDMB is not the center of the internet universe. 😛 It actually tends to be about a year or more behind internet memes, which are started in large part in hives of scum and villainy such as 4chan and Something Awful, which are breeding grounds for assholes. Nobody ever followed a link from here to a picture of a duck on wheels or a video of Rick Astley because the discourse here is generally above the juvenile level. We also lack the ability to put images in our posts, which is a major contributing factor as well.

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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-does-rickrolled-mean-and-where-does-it-come-from/443240/24 "2008-03-31T00:08:01Z")

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I think a recent [xkcd](http://www.xkcd.com/396/) strip is appropriate to this thread.

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**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-does-rickrolled-mean-and-where-does-it-come-from/443240/25 "2008-03-31T00:21:43Z")

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My favorite use of rickrolling is the light graffiti kids who has all there stuff open source. Plans, schematics, etc. Except, they have an IP tracker, and anytime a corporation tries to download the link, they get rickrolled.

Sweet.

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